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| EDUCATION LAW NEWS |
Business news (Suburban Journals)
LAW The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois has added Belleville-based Mathis, Marifian, Richter and Grandy to its list of members. Representatives from the firm will join other leaders in the business, industry, labor, education and government sectors that work together to encourage business investment and development in southwestern Illinois.
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On the Boards (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Foreign Policy Research Institute, a nonprofit education and foreign policy organization, has elected Dov S. Zakheim vice chairman of its board. Zakheim is vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Va., and was undersecretary of defense and
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Community Calendar (Skokie Review)
Based upon space availability, The Review prints calendar announcements and items for columns, including campus news, newsmakers and others for local organizations and individuals. The deadline is 14 days before the desired publication date, however there is no guarantee for publication.
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Greenberg Traurig Announces 2010 Public Interest Fellows (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, in alliance with Equal Justice Works, has named its 2010 Fellows. Nine individuals will receive funding though the Greenberg Traurig Fellowship Foundation to provide pro bono legal services to community programs. The public interest law fellowships begin in September and run for two years. The combined classes of 2009 and 2010 will consist of 19 ...
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West Carroll Spelling Bee Winners (The Prairie Advocate)
The annual Spelling Bee at West Carroll Intermediate School was held on Wednesday, January 27, in the Media Center. Sixteen students who had been previous winners in classroom spelling bees were competing that day. Fifth grade teacher Beth Diener acted as pronouncer.
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Court ruling in Riverside case assists in advocacy for special-needs students (The Press-Enterprise)
A recent court decision in a Riverside County case says special-education teachers have the same standing to sue a school district as the special-needs students they serve. The ruling is reminiscent of the access to courts that civil rights workers gained during the 1960s -- the right to take action on behalf of others, even if the workers themselves were not targets of discrimination, one ...
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EP Global Communications, Inc. Welcomes Stephen DeFelice, MD, to Advisory Board (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EP Global Communications, Inc. , , , , the parent company of Exceptional Parent magazine, is proud to announce that Stephen L. DeFelice, MD, has joined the EPGL Advisory Board. Dr. DeFelice is one of the world's leading authorities on nutraceutical products and is credited for introducing the term "nutraceutical."Â
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Letters to the editor: Hoffman can defeat Kirk in fall (Glenview Announcements)
There is a primary election coming up on Feb. 2, and democrats need to be very concerned about who we will nominate to run for Barack Obama's old Senate seat for two very important reasons.
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Letters to the editor: More talk on New Trier (Wilmette Life)
What is wrong with this picture?
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BRIEFCASE: Boulder, Broomfield, Weld businesspeople in the news (Boulder Daily Camera)
For 50 years of service toward the transportation industry, Harley Keeter Jr. received the Golden Achievement Award from the American Truck Historical Society.
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| NATIONAL NEWS ON READING AND MATH |
Audit: school district literacy programs on track (Oswego Ledger-Sentinel)
Audit results of a literacy program for grades K-2 in the Oswego School District were presented to school board members last month.
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Schooling in sync; Students work together in reading groups. Teachers work together to identify what students need ... (The Bulletin)
There was a time when, at the start of each day, teachers could enter their classrooms, close their doors, and spend the day teaching with their own rules and their own schedules.Those days are over.A new academic system in place at 10 elementary schools seeks to create schoolwide schedules, rules and curricula that bring students and teachers in each grade together more regularly with the ...
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HILLSBOROUGH: HEF grants launch class programs, school upgrades (Hillsborough Beacon)
The Hillsborough Education Foundation awarded five grants totaling $6,926.55 for school programs this year.
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Tobi Tobias on Dance et al. (Arts Journal)
On Christmas morning last year, I walked the reservoir track in New York's Central Park, since the gym was, naturally, closed for you-know-who's birthday. Hundreds of people, most of them armed with cameras, were strolling around the loop in the delicious sunshine. Few of them were speaking English.
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HIGHER EDUCATION: Balanced world view (The New Straits Times)
International Islamic University of Malaysia’s alumni association members abroad are creating change in government, business and education, reports NURJEHAN MOHAMED.
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Special report: Food for thought (Ottawa Citizen)
Insect and rodent infestations. Undercooked meat. Sloppy dish-washing. Employees who don't clean their hands properly. Those are among the food safety hazards discovered this past year by City of Ottawa health inspectors who check the conditions at restaurants, cafeterias, pizza shops and even hot-dog wagons.
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STAAR test to replace TAKS for student assessment (The Carrollton Leader)
The Texas Education Agency announced Tuesday the new standard in student assessment testing. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) will be replaced by the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
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STAAR test to replace TAKS for student assessment (The Colony Courier-Leader)
The Texas Education Agency announced last week the new standard in student assessment testing. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) will be replaced by the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STARR) beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
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STAAR test to replace TAKS for student assessment (Flower Mound Leader)
The Texas Education Agency announced Tuesday the new standard in student assessment testing.
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Teach how to think, not take tests (The Age)
Victorian teachers are being directed to teach children strategies for taking the literacy and numeracy tests (The Age, 5/2).
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| Sports News |
Rosenthal: Saints win with aggressive ‘ambush’
 Rosenthal: New Orleans is a city that understands what it means to live in the moment. On Sunday night, in the first Super Bowl appearance in the Saints’ 43-year history, they played in the moment. They coached in the moment. And they won it all as a result.
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‘Did yesterday really happen?’ Brees asks wife
Drew Brees turned to his wife when he woke up and asked: "Did yesterday really happen?" The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club's 43-year history after Sunday's 31-17 triumph over the Indianapolis Colts.
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Trash Talk: Manning, Colts could become Braves of NFL
Trash Talk: Peyton Manning could become the Atlanta Braves of the NFL, loads of talent but only one title to show for it . In fact, when it’s all told, he might not even be the most successful quarterback in his own family.
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Colts hope loss fuels another Super Bowl run
MIAMI (AP) -Reggie Wayne stared right through all those reporters.
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Super Bowl is most-watched program ever
 The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M*A*S*H" to become the most-watched program in television history.
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| Politics News |
Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
 In a story with more twists than a soap opera, Obama's invitation to congressional leaders of both parties to attend a Feb. 25 meeting can't be dismissed as a mere diversion.
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First lady is tackling childhood obesity
After laying the groundwork for nearly a year, first lady Michelle Obama launches a campaign on Tuesday against childhood obesity that she hopes will change the way millions of Americans eat, exercise, look and feel.
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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., dies at 77
 A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
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GOP cool to Obama call for health talks
 Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.
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Spokeswoman: N.Y. governor is not resigning
 New York Democratic Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman said on Monday, calling blog reports "entirely fabricated."
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| National News on Autism |
Older Moms May Mean Higher Autism Risk (ABC News)
A similar link between parental age and autism was not seen among older fathers. Autism - Autism spectrum - Health - Mental Health - Disorders
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Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Older mothers' kids have higher autism risk, study finds (CNN)
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception.
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP via Yahoo! News)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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UC Davis study suggests autism risk grows with mother's advancing age (The Sacramento Bee)
UC Davis researchers say that a 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child with autism is 50 percent greater than a woman between of 25 and 29 years old.
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Autism Risk Rises With Mother's Age (WebMD)
Regardless of the father's age, a child's risk of autism rises with the age of the child's mother. Moms 40 and older are 77% more likely to have a child with autism, compared to mothers under age 25.
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Study confirms link between maternal age and autism (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said Monday in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.
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Autism Risks Detailed in Children of Older Mothers (Fox News)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (San Francisco Chronicle)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. "Although fathers' age can contribute risk, the risk...
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Autism risk in kids rises with mom’s age (MSNBC)
A woman's chances of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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| HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS |
Older Moms May Mean Higher Autism Risk (ABC News)
A similar link between parental age and autism was not seen among older fathers. Autism - Autism spectrum - Health - Mental Health - Disorders
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Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Older mothers' kids have higher autism risk, study finds (CNN)
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception.
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP via Yahoo! News)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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UC Davis study suggests autism risk grows with mother's advancing age (The Sacramento Bee)
UC Davis researchers say that a 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child with autism is 50 percent greater than a woman between of 25 and 29 years old.
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Autism Risk Rises With Mother's Age (WebMD)
Regardless of the father's age, a child's risk of autism rises with the age of the child's mother. Moms 40 and older are 77% more likely to have a child with autism, compared to mothers under age 25.
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Study confirms link between maternal age and autism (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said Monday in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.
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Autism Risks Detailed in Children of Older Mothers (Fox News)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested
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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (San Francisco Chronicle)
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. "Although fathers' age can contribute risk, the risk...
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Autism risk in kids rises with mom’s age (MSNBC)
A woman's chances of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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| Health and Wellness News |
Obama wants school vending machines banned
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
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First lady is tackling childhood obesity
After laying the groundwork for nearly a year, first lady Michelle Obama launches a campaign on Tuesday against childhood obesity that she hopes will change the way millions of Americans eat, exercise, look and feel.
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170 more tons of tainted milk found in China
The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
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Newsweek: How Botox might keep you from feeling sad
According to a new study, by paralyzing the frown muscles that ordinarily are engaged when we feel sad or angry, Botox short-circuits the emotions themselves.
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3 simple steps can cut childhood obesity
A new study finds three household routines lower the risk of obesity in children: having family dinners, getting enough sleep and limiting weekday TV time.
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| Entertainment News |
Jackson doctor pleads not guilty
 Prosecutors announced the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25.
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Lawyer: Pitt and Jolie sue over split claim
 A London law firm says Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are suing a British tabloid which reported that they were to split.
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Super Bowl is most-watched program ever
The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M*A*S*H" to become the most-watched program in television history.
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Leno wore disguise to Super Bowl spot taping
 EW talked to “The Late Show” executive producer Rob Burnett about David Letterman’s surprising decision to include Jay Leno in a promotional spot during the Super Bowl.
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Who dat? Pitt, Cruise and Demi, dat who
 The cry of "Who Dat" wasn't all about the New Orleans Saints at the Super Bowl — it was also said by onlookers as cameras flashed at the sight of A-list celebrities at the big game, including Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise with kids in tow.
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| Oddly Enough |
And Finally... Cute Giants.
Panda cubs, high altitude dining, kissing ban in Paris, and fire games.
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And Finally
Barefoot running record attempt, snow leopard news, cute not-yet-giant panda, and a guy who blows up balloons with his ear.
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And Finally... Find the Mermaid.
Mermaid hunt, cute baby giraffe, giant panda birthdays, and waiter racing.
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And Finally... Bad Baboons.
Baboons attack luggage, Santa convention, and the Naked Cowboy for Mayor!
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And Finally... OMG on Twitter.
Twitter your prayers to God, cute lion cubs, baby sea turtles, Elvis impersonators, splash diving championships, marble smashing, and pedal boating feat.
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| Ask Yahoo |
What happened to Ask Yahoo!?
Ask Yahoo! is teaming up with Yahoo! Answers to bring you Ask Mike. It's another way to pose questions, get answers, and (hopefully) learn a thing or two. Please visit us at our new home on Yahoo! Answers, and join our network today. To learn more about Yahoo! Answers, the Answers Network, and Ask Mike, head to our help pages...
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What happened to Ask Yahoo!?
Ask Yahoo! is teaming up with Yahoo! Answers to bring you Ask Mike. It's another way to pose questions, get answers, and (hopefully) learn a thing or two. Please visit us at our new home on Yahoo! Answers, and join our network today. To learn more about Yahoo! Answers, the Answers Network, and Ask Mike, head to our help pages...
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Is the postmaster general really a general?
The postmaster general (PMG) has one of the coolest job titles in the United States government. But the position, while important, has little to do with the military...
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Why do people yell "Free Bird!" at rock concerts?
It happens at nearly every rock show. During a lull, while the band's in between tunes, someone in the audience requests Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." It's meant as a joke, but it's never really funny. So how did the unfortunate tradition begin?...
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Who "invented" zombies?
Filmmaker George Romero turned zombies into movie icons in his epic "Night of the Living Dead" horror series. But to say he "invented" them is giving the guy too much credit. The truth is, these lurching, brain-crazed creatures have deep roots in Haitian folklore...
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| Healthy Recipes |
Low-Sodium Recipes: Alligator in Garlic-Wine Sauce | Submitted By: Robert
Alligator sauteed with garlic flavored oil comes together with white wine sauce - excellent served over a bed of rice or pasta.
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Healthy Appetizers: Black Bean Salsa | Submitted By: REBECKAH MACFIE
This thick, flavorful salsa will please everyone with it's exciting array of flavors and textures.
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Dairy-Free Recipes: Jambalaya II | Submitted By: CLAIREB
A whole chicken is stewed with smoked sausage, then combined with bell pepper, rice and tomatoes and flavored with chili powder, pepper sauce, cayenne and Worcestershire in this thick Cajun soup.
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Sugar Substitute Recipes: Apricot Raisin Pie with Stevia | Submitted By: <3 DogLover <3
Dried apricots and raisins combine in a pie sweetened with stevia, an herbal sweetener. This is a great pie to eat warm with vanilla ice cream.
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Diabetic Recipes: Lemony Quinoa | Submitted By: MBLASSNIG
Quinoa is a high-protein, good for you grain, it can be substituted for couscous and makes a lovely side dish. This recipe is a crunchy, lemony, healthy dish that can be used as a side or as a light meal.
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